Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-10
su,KspEARE OR BACON
,uv,s alleged Discoveries Secuted
Don .snskspearcan Scholars

ocertiV rtNIhe"
ne ~ the authorship OF the works
.s;:io1 - % Shakespeare, apropos OF Ig-
Z -. 5S,,~.rIy,s alleged discoveries, has
s:.l; 80 among "Saskspesresrs and
.sisS - 49, the country over. Each
5,con.,.D.5e ry followers among Philadel-
IS - men. Very few of them
Is ~. -r"ld ID their city homes from
] 90 gs,--e- vacations yet, but among
III " J5hn V. Hood, literary edi-
] IN !. -, :, Philadelphia Record, who has
q. (. liz yesr5 6een g close ShakspeSr
81 s:l-s,.It.n sid he yesterday to a
- Ter in response 10 d question
9:ssi : ,lTr1ro.5n of Mr. Ignatiu5 DonnelIy
8: 3, > .,rnor;ed discovery Of cipher
2, .sa authorship in Bacon, "thst
5T..,.==,-;.n theory was. Is Tom Hood
!: ~. ~. nests, lsid long ago With the
- - Sygmaut. have read Mir,
81 account o. 81 interview with
n'.,5:.C-r4,Iv but l cannet detect any
y: ~. a6icn would lead me to believe
u: :, = an wrote Snsk espesre's plays, or
y: .sr9cdied record of his author
= :. ne play OF Henry ". through
81 ~a4iun Of cipner. It would be
= fac. il has been easy, to play
81 -. = --ieks' Win any book. Arch
81 ,TC7srely OF Dublin years ago pub
;-'s brochure entitled Historic
=. +. + napoleon Bonsparte, in which
- nv the most ulefTiGg rules Of
....,s. .gea man IS Napoleon never
- Da. MIR. Davidson Confesses
=. 5rons nothing q he cipher
- .asr Mr.. por1elly has told him,
- ,f3-e, ths1 branch Ct the subject
t.,m.e=ed by u5.ug the Scotch
.-o- proven
L. ,s-slel5 which GIr Donnel!y
- "a nave esta 0Nshed between
'----s- PLAYS a7d Bac0a's works
t.--el to ard Mr.. Hood said;
ne IS sn utter absence q critical
Ton 10 Mr.. Do1ueuy S explanation
-. r7ao-7. J.. would be easy for auy
.---.-, ri IL. I'd Gi5t0r5 isolated pas
- SaaEs pc2-c to prove any Theory
...r,l could with the Bible, SGi
...5sTn f..1 = sem3l82ce Of likeness.
w., 17cs-sCLl viii also tell you thAt the
-~oa on Tie mount - Identical With
:. settings u Butdha and Confucius :"
.--.f,re1ee 10 Mr.. DOnnelly's state
~. as Shakespeare never Travelled,
Una. onlT s travelled man Ike Bacon
~ ,svs written the phys, Chat seems
me 10 be an argument IN favor Of q
,:z,-oesrean authorship" continued
" V5Ja. whether Shakespeare lays
:. scene Of his rlSys in Nlantua, in
| r....l. 10 Denmark, Or or the Nile, the
,---,3pd.rgs are essentially English.
= srrun Of As You Like IT is sup
q .-.-4 10 occur IN the forest OF Arden,
n does not every scene glow with
- ssu,g Of an English landscape? Ale
.1..,g aJwers and the trees such IS he
-4wrt 10 MS own EOm0? lie makes
0--r.s ssY, there's daisy there Is
...4as-y, tasI5 for remembrance: aud
nae IS ulusias. that's for thought Did
rgrf these hJwer5 ever grow in Den
-i, Juliet says 20 Romeo,
r.vas TBS nightingale and not the lark
Ttsr!g1.ed the fcaIfal hollow Cf thine ear
VINO ever heard Of lark ia Ita,y2 II
Winter Tale, the scion Of w1ict
gs.s u,lce in Sicily, the rogue, Antoly-
,r:, tl.bs OF ddf0dIls, ana n 'Midaum-
IN. Ngh-'s Dream, IN Ancient Greece
Heels s.e.ks Of the time - hen WI Gt j.
-ter, when 5sw horn baGS appear auC
Es- sou and ! upon fsint primrose
Is we-- wont 10 lie Where etss
a.. you Ind these conditions than il
-D5Yaa tai1k thst Mr. D5unellV, II bt
Is found a CIPHER, could carry il GU
-cl.y.a Mr. Hood wss asked
10, " was the reply. "Mr D0nne,ly
DC wrote book, entitled 'Ragnar0d,
-va.ca 1v p-Ciessed 60 show the super
IS. sccBmu ation which geCl2gist.
lcTr SIS drift was brought - the e.rtt
ys--m.. With the testimony IF tht
..5s 30 uild upon, he gave vent K
"...ias IS Wild as auv ever set up bJ
C- Verne; with rot 3 line Of WrIttel
SIu01y and not a legged 10 supper
IN, now can he claim that Bacon wrote
| Nsz5sgas. G. ] believe with Ben IN
u 'ls, Shakespeare knew little L2liE
SCI less Greek, but | also believe witt
. Mon ,lat he needs rot 'tor his narrow
--.s he LABOR Of an aye in piled stores.
i NJ Shakespeare did I've. He wa!
-,.--s.e, We sre told So was Isaiah
" c5G.i not write WELL Neithe.
@-i Horace Greedy. 'He was neve,
.Ci England His plays show tina
;. environment blocks him st every
1sg. His imagination depicts only wha
:: ls;ural eyes saw. At least Il take!
Ms lire, Just as Paine says that il
-l,a1ise Lest Milton makesi God tall
liz CJurtier Of the reign of kir!
-ls'.eS. B2coA's and Shakespeare
los0ply vary SIS much SIS day differ
, coE night Bacon's poetry, when b
S51?,s i, sounds like Sternhold an,
1-?a.n's metnc8l version of the bible
MleSneBre MARBLES his native woo
-ets Wild and al tie world wonders
-aTyer Henry S. Pancoast, en- enthus
81 Shakspearean scholar, havin
-i-e us. authors works q study 70
1ly yesrs, talked freely to the Pres
;'eSentstive, "Mr. DonneHy's argu
-'a'S, said he, "are nothing more tina
production or collection Of argu
~5-S Of former writer's on the Bacon
! .leory. Mr., Donrelly exhibits yer
~sN ignorance when he says tha
iaS2eare's plays show no knowledg
Standardization and the surround
: country, The play AS You Like Il
S.--. otverv minute knowledge Of III
-1.fy, end especially the northern paI
"afHlChshlre, wnere Shskesps 81
"a, MS youth. The piays slso sho'
-, s-alesnaare's knowledge Of Lsti
1-eeS was limited, which is il PEI
~. 2glc,Gsace with what B9C Jonsc
A.-oi 7.1 This i very conclusive evi
- IA, no such man as Lord BacoI